Grad

CFAM Radio 950 Morning Show Co-Hosts Chris Sumner and Zack Driedger were invited to be part of Altona's Class of 2022 grad parade Tuesday evening. Members of the grad class came dressed in their carefully selected tuxes, dresses, suits and more. They were chauffeured around town in everything from a boat to a VW Bug to classic and muscle cars, trucks and a semi pulling a flat deck trailer.

Below is a video highlighting the parade, and the fun the grads had. Congratulations!

Some 75 students are getting ready to leave the halls of Altona's W.C. Miller Collegiate for good. Today is graduation day.

Co-valedictorians Samantha Bueckert and Rory Pilkington say they have mixed feelings.

"It's really exciting, said Bueckert. "It's a little bit scary too though."

Pilkington calls the experience very surreal.

"We've put a lot of time and years into our education and just the fact that it's all coming to an end now is very sad. Bittersweet though for sure."

The small group of grade twelve students graduating from Carman Collegiate belies the sense of energy and closeness that characterizes the Class of 2022. 

Quinn McLaren and Coltyn Plaitin, co-valedictorians for today's commencement ceremonies, describe their class as small, close, high energy and lots of fun. 

The two graduates look back on their secondary years.

Today is graduation day for grade 12 students at Morden Collegiate Institute. (MCI)
    
Valedictorian, Keenan Yaschyshyn describes his graduating class as hard-working and determined. 

The grade 12 class at Shevchenko School in Vita walked into the school as students the for last time last week but left as graduates. 

The school and community celebrated the 23 students who received their high school diplomas. 

"They are a really great group of kids," says Principal Peter Osadchuk. "I would say that they are a tight-knit group that really has formed really good relationships with each other. Good academically, good athletes, just all around some really, really good people."

Morris School is on the verge of sending off forty-three senior students into the world of post-secondary education, trade school and the workforce at its 2022 commencement ceremony. 

Valedictorians Andrew Penner and Jill Kolodka, both members of the student council, bring different perspectives to the whole graduation experience. Penner says it doesn't really feel like it is happening. 

The valedictorian for Northlands Parkway Collegiate in Winkler says it hasn't quite sunk in yet that graduation day has arrived.

Valedictorian Janae Zacharias says she's been strolling down memory lane a lot in the last while, pondering many of her personal highlights.

After thirteen years of classes, textbooks and exams, Dmitrij Polishuk says the last four years of secondary schooling are among his favourite. 

June 23 is Graduation Day for grade twelve students at Winkler's Garden Valley Collegiate (GVC) and they chose Polishuk as their valedictorian.  

"They've seen family members or friends at grad, and now it's their turn."

For director Todd Folkett, that's the biggest point of graduation day at Morden Adult Education (MAE).

With a class consisting of fourteen members, Folkett proudly defines this year's graduates as resilient and hard-working, especially in the light of the challenges created by the pandemic, and numerous weather events this past winter and spring. 

Excitement is in the air at the Grande Prairie Public School Division (GPPSD), where students and staff prepare for graduation ceremonies.

GPPSD is pleased to announce all celebrations will be in-person.

List of events in chronological order:

May 20, 2022 – Grande Prairie Composite High School

May 27, 2022 – Charles Spencer High School

June 9, 2022 – Bridge Network Outreach School

Tickets are required for ceremonies and events. Please see each school's website for more information on locations, times and ticket